Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

He created man of sounding clay like pottery,

خَلَقَ الْاِنْسَانَ مِنْ صَلْصَالٍ كَالْفَخَّارِۙ
Khalaqa al-insana min salsalinkalfakhkhar
#wordmeaningroot
1khalaqaHe createdخلق
2l-insānathe manانس
3minfrom
4ṣalṣālinclayصلصل
5kal-fakhārilike the potteryفخر
  • Aisha Bewley

    He created man from dry earth like baked clay;

  • Progressive Muslims

    He created the human from a clay, like pottery.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    He created the human out of inorganic matter that sounded like an empty pot. (And it was empty of a trace of the finished form).

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    He created man of sounding clay like pottery,

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    He created man from a sludge, like pottery.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    He created the human from clay, like pottery.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    He created the human from aged clay, like the potter's clay.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    He created man of fermented clay dried tinkling hard like earthen ware,

  • Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

    He created man from clay like pottery.

  • Muhammad Asad

    He has created man out of sounding clay, like pottery,

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    He created man of clay like the potter's,

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    He has created man from dry, rotten clay like the potter's,

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    He created man's material part from clay, the same material of which earthenware vessels are made of.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    He is the One Who created man from earthly materials and created Jinns (extra-terrestrials)…

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    He created man (Adam) from sounding clay like the clay of pottery.

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    He created man from sounding clay like unto pottery,

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    He created humankind from ˹sounding˺ clay like pottery,

  • Taqi Usmani

    He has created man from dry clay, ringing like pottery,

  • Abdul Haleem

    He created mankind out of dried clay, like pottery,

  • Arthur John Arberry

    He created man of a clay like the potter's,

  • E. Henry Palmer

    He created men of crackling clay like the potters.

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    He created man from dry clay like earthen vessels (as containers),

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    He created man of dry clay like earthenware,

  • George Sale

    He created man of dried clay like an earthen vessel:

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    He created man from sounding clay like the clay of pottery,

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    He created human being from the essence extracted from dry ringing clay like a piece of baked pottery (-with the faculty of speech and possessing pliant and submissive nature).

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    He created man out of dry clay, like the potter’s,